RefreSCAR

SCAR Induction Pack guide is out! 🚀 ℹ️ Under Task 3.2, RefreSCAR aims to empower new SCAR WG members with knowledge and connections to enable their active participation and smooth integration into WG activities. The Induction Pack comes as a guide for new entrants to SCAR groups, as members of one of the various Strategic Working Groups (SWGs), Collaborative Working Groups (CWGs) or Task Forces (TFs) established under the SCAR umbrella. This guide may also be useful for existing SCAR Working Group members who are eager to learn more about SCAR, the European Commission and the research/policy landscape in Europe. 🎯 You can read the whole document here: https://lnkd.in/d9VRaEPb

Last 25th of September, RefreSCAR organized, together with actors of the EU CAP Network, the event #Agroforestry in Europe, with some great insights coming out of this meaningful event. 📝 As agroforestry plays a role in regenerative agriculture, and as promised by Liina Ulm - Smart Farm Practices & Rural Development Officer EU CAP Network - during her presentation in the event, we would like to share the report from the EU CAP Network: 'Focus Group on Regenerative Agriculture for Soil Health' - https://lnkd.in/drXs9bnC

📣 Last 5th and 6th November 50 participants, from 16 countries, attended the workshop 'From national strategies towards a common vision of livestock farming in Europe' at INIAV, IP - Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária headquarters in Oeiras, Portugal. This workshop was organised by the SCAR Working Group on Sustainable Animal Production (CWG SAP), and was supported by RefreSCAR. After presentations from DG AGRI on the European livestock sector and from the Strategic Dialogue on the future of EU agriculture, national approaches to the future of livestock farming were presented from Portugal, Finland, Denmark and Ireland. The discussions focussed on four topics: - GHG emissions - Biodiversity - Circularity - Resilience. 🎯 During the workshop, those elements of a vision agreed on by all participants (the 'common denominator') were identified for the four topics.  The workshop showed that, despite regional differences, there is considerable common understanding across countries that will be helpful to jointly develop the role of livestock farming in future agri-food systems. 🇪🇺 The event followed the idea that a joint European vision will also support European research and innovation to develop future European livestock farming. 📄 A summary of the workshop will be published soon at: https://lnkd.in/dPbaNfkn Chair SCAR CWG SAP: Dr. @Thomas Schneider - Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Germany Co-Chair SCAR CWG SAP: Dr. Susana Astiz - The National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (INIA), Spain Secretariat SCAR CWG SAP: Dr. Arnd Bassler - Federal Office for Agriculture and Food, Germany

Great news from the joint event by Teagasc and the European Commission Representation in Ireland! The 2nd Call for Expressions of Interest under the SCAR-Engage Programme was launched 🚀 The SCAR-Engage Programme is an initiative designed to boost the engagement of European countries in the Working Groups (WGs) of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Research (SCAR). It has been developed within the RefreSCAR project, and is overseen by a team led by Foodscale Hub in Serbia. It aims to empower new SCAR WG members, especially those from countries that are under-represented or less visible in SCAR, with knowledge, supports and connections to enable their active participation and smooth integration into WG activities. 🧭 📝 In the first year of the programme, new SCAR WG members from Bulgaria, Greece, Iceland, Poland and Romania have been brought on-board. 📣 The second call will launch later this month inviting applications from other SCAR Member Countries. To find out more about the SCAR-Engage Programme, visit https://lnkd.in/d5TaESwp and follow RefreSCAR social media for updates. 📰

ℹ️ SCAR Collaborative Working Group on Animal Health & Welfare has launched an important new Report! 📄 🛑 ⚠️ The highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus presents a significant threat to the health and welfare of animals. It has already had devastating impacts for domestic and wild birds and spill-over to dairy cattle has recently been reported in the USA. 🐄 🐓 Given the emerging epidemiological situation in the USA, the SCAR Collaborative Working Group on Animal Health & Welfare conducted a survey on research targeted on HPAI in ruminants in European countries. ➡️ You can find the results of that survey in their newly published report: https://lnkd.in/gVpwAu9Z Hein Imberechts @scottsellers Françoise Divanach Romano Zilli European Commission European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) STAR IDAZ International Research Consortium on Animal Health ICRAD - International Coordination of Research on infectious Animal Disease #DISCONTOOLS World Organisation for Animal Health EUPAHW COPA COGECA AnimalhealthEurope

1st #FutureFoodS Partnership Call is now launched! 👏 Don't miss your opportunity to apply looking up for "Transforming Food Systems - reshaping food system interactions, fostering food innovations and empowering sustainable food choices"! You can 🔗 apply and know more details by visiting https://lnkd.in/gbzRrvCm

📣 𝑆𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑎𝑡𝑒! 💡 The 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐔, in close cooperation with the European Commission, 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 (𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐑), and the 𝐁𝐈𝐎𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞, is organizing the “PARTNERING FOR THE FUTURE: BIOEAST and Beyond” high-level conference on Central and Eastern European Research and Innovation Priorities in the Context of Sustainable Soil and Freshwater Resilience, Food Systems Security, and Bioeconomy-Related Policies. 🗓 𝟒-𝟔 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 📍 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐭, Hungary ✒ 𝐏𝐫𝐞-𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 is open until the 30th of October at this link: https://lnkd.in/dub77RS4 👓 More information and agenda here: https://lnkd.in/dDS2TaCp

RefreSCAR was delighted to present an update from the project at yesterday’s SCAR Steering Group meeting, its 100th meeting! #SCAR has existed since 1974 and built strong cooperation between the EU Member States, Associated Countries and the European Commission in the decades that have followed. RefreSCAR is happy to support the Working Groups of SCAR, which provide policy advice on research & innovation in agriculture, fisheries, food systems, forestry, and the wider bioeconomy and develop strategic R&I agendas. To find out more about how the SCAR Working Groups advise the European Commission and European countries, visit https://lnkd.in/duqyBGmi   #HorizonEurope #ERA #EuropeanResearchArea

I welcome the own-initiative opinion from the European Economic and Social Committee adopted in its agriculture and environment section with the title “Aligning the circular economy and the bioeconomy at EU and national level”.   With this opinion, the Committee: ▶ stresses that coherence is needed with #EUGreenDeal, sustainable #development commitments, the #CircularEconomy and broader climate and #biodiversity targets. A robust bioeconomy will complement progress made on circular economy and will allow for competitive growth within planetary boundaries consistent with sustainability;   ▶ finds that the opportunity for the EU to be a global leader should be capitalised on with a highly ambitious, coherent #bioeconomy strategy. Well-paid sustainable jobs, including in rural and remote regions, should be maximised. Existing technology can be used to bring urgently-needed products and services to the market;   ▶ is of the opinion that the EU needs a clearly-defined definition of bioeconomy in order to explicitly emphasise its link to the circular economy and its potential as a tool for delivering on sustainable development.   Glad to see that there is inter-institutional support for this important initiative and looking forward to the EESC plenary vote on 23/24 October. Stay tuned for more! #EUBioeconomy 🔗

➡️ Don't miss out!! The presentations from the Agroforestry in Europe event, held by RefreSCAR and actors of the EU CAP Network (National Rural Network) which took place in Coruche, Portugal, on September 25th, are now available! 🎯 Get to know all the key insights that came out of this pertinent event!